A 15 minute boat ride from Cannes brings you to the small island of St. Marguerite. With dense woodland covering most of the island there is plenty of shade.
The village of St. Marguerite consists of roughly twenty buildings, mostly homes to the local fishermen. The historic Fort Royal is now a youth hostel and a Museum of the Sea, featuring many recovered items from Roman and Saracen shipwrecks. Visitors of the Fort can take a tour of the prison cells which once were occupied by the Man in the Iron Mask.












































